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Section 8: Handguns Subject: Walther P-5C Msg# 883723
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Because of the P38-like system (non-Browning), the short barrel proved surprisingly accurate.
Oh this is an interesting turn of the conversation. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I'd call the grip frame "medium", and it was comfortable for me. The DA trigger was probably in the 10 pound range and pretty smooth but nothing to write home about, while the SA trigger was probably about 5 pounds in total, with a little stacking but crisp. (This is a memory test for me, but it's as I recall it.) Because of the P38-like system (non-Browning), the short barrel proved surprisingly accurate. I had both standard P5s and 2 P5Cs, one of which had a nickel finish and was (to me) gorgeous, and like all modern Walthers, very spendy. You'll recall that the P5 was developed and produced, along with the Sig P6 (P225), and H&K P7 for German LEOs in the 1970s to replace their .32acp handguns with 9mm handguns. The P5 series was probably the least successful of the 3 models commercially, certainly compared to the Sig P225. As far as the Brits favoring German cars, why not? They've either sold or discontinued most of their own marques over the years. Harvey |
Do you really think that was the reason for high accuracy, the Walther Wedge, or whatever the locking system is actually called? 
I am short on knowledge here and don't really know what they do call the locking system used on the P38 and its offspring, and adopted by Beretta as well. I have no personal experience with any of the Walthers, but I know the Beretta 92 is reputed to be quite accurate. Kim's M92 was a very accurate pistol, as he just remarked on the phone a day or two ago.